The 6-foot-9, 225-pounder out
of Prestonwood Christian Academy joins what some are the calling the greatest
recruiting class in the history of college basketball. The group already
includes top 10 recruits twin 6-5 guards Andrew and Aaron Harrison as well as
small forward James Young of Rochester, Mich. Montverde Academy
(Fla.) center Dakari Johnson and 6-9 small forward Marcus Lee of Antioch, Ca.

Kentucky native Derek Willis,
a 6-8, 190-pund forward, a top 150 player, is also a member of what is already a landmark class for coach John Calipari.

"I loved all the
schools. I loved all the coaches and everything," said Randle, who also
considered Kansas, Florida and Texas. The final straw came to me was the
system. I felt like the system at Kentucky was a great system. They have a lot
of great players there, going in there. So, you're going to have to battle. But
I think, like they did the year before, the team's been a unit."

Randle didn't play much as a
senior.

He fractured his foot in late
November but returned for the final five games of the season, averaging 28
points and 15 rebounds to lead his team to a state title on his way to being
named both a McDonald's and Jordan Brand All-American.

His commitment gives the
Wildcats six of the top 18 players in the country, according to ESPN, in the Class of 2013 and
they're still in the running for the biggest prize of them all.

The nation's No. 1 overall
player Canadian-born Andrew Wiggins, a 6-foot-7, 205-pound small forward, is
still undecided. Wiggins, who's playing out his final year of prep basketball
at Huntingdon Prep in West Virginia, the same school which produced NBA players
O.J. Mayo of the Dallas Mavericks and former Kentucky Wildcat Patrick Patterson
of the Sacramento Kings, has the Wildcats on the short list of schools he's
still considering along with Florida State, Kansas and North Carolina.

"I played USA basketball
with a lot of great players, said Randle, a member of the men's Federal
International Basketball Association's Under 18 championship team this
past summer. "So, you know, I think I'll adjust well. I think it's the
best fit for me. It's where it was in my heart. I wanted to be at
Kentucky."

The Wildcats could have as many as nine McDonald's All-Americans on its roster next season, depending on which players from this year's team, which included projected first-rounders Nerlens Noel, Willie Cauley-Stein, Alex Poythress and Archie Goodwin, stay.

Check out highlights from
Randle's senior season season below:

Nick Birdsong covers SEC
men's basketball for al.com. He can be reached at 205-325-2327 or nbirdsong@al.com. Follow him on Twitter
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